# Paar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/paar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 731 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,629 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 422,361 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (709 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German pār (“house of a priest”), from Latin parochia (“parish”). * Also as a German surname, from the noun Paar (“pair, married couple”). This is also found in several Slavic countries, compare Par. * As a Hungarian surname Paár, variant of Pár, see Par.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paar in the United States.

## People named Paar

- Jack Paar, American author, radio and television comedian and talk show host (1918-2004)

## Similar surnames

Parra, Parr, Parry, Paré, Pair, Paro, Para, Par, Payer, Perry, Pierre, Power.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.